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10 This will be the price they pay for their pride,
    inasmuch as they insulted and mocked
    the people of the Lord of hosts.
11 The Lord will fill them with fear
    when he causes all the gods of the earth
    to waste away.
Then all the coasts and the islands of the nations[a]
    shall worship him,
    each from its own territory.
12 You also, O Ethiopians,
    will be killed by the sword of the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Zephaniah 2:11 The islands of the nations: the lands and people of the eastern Mediterranean, which the Palestinians never knew well. The idea is: “even the most distant lands.”

10 This is what they will get in return for their pride,(A)
    for insulting(B) and mocking
    the people of the Lord Almighty.(C)
11 The Lord will be awesome(D) to them
    when he destroys all the gods(E) of the earth.(F)
Distant nations will bow down to him,(G)
    all of them in their own lands.

Cush

12 “You Cushites,[a](H) too,
    will be slain by my sword.(I)

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Footnotes

  1. Zephaniah 2:12 That is, people from the upper Nile region